Australians Can Legally Ignore Work Calls, Emails After Hours
- New ‘right to disconnect’ laws came into effect Monday
- Business groups have spoken out against the new laws
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Australians can now legally ignore unreasonable after-hours work calls and emails under new government legislation that came into effect on Monday, drawing criticism from business groups.
Under the laws, employers face fines of up to A$93,000 ($63,000) for getting in touch with an employee for non-essential reasons outside of working hours.